Coding at Night

Debugging in vain
Bleary eyelids slowly shut
Terminal blinks on

Sabse Peeche Hum Khade - English Translation

Zara nazar utha ke dekho

Baithe hain hum yahi

Bekhabar mujhse kyun ho

Itne bure bhi hum nahi

Just look up and see
I'm sitting right here
Why do you keep ignoring me?
I'm not all that bad

Zamaane ki baato me uljho na

Hai yeh asaan jaan-na

Khud se jo agar tum poocho

Hai hum tumhare ki nahi

Don't get caught up in what the people are saying
That's easy enough to see
If you were to ask yourself
Am I yours or not?

Teri aankhon ka jaadu

puri duniya pe hain

Duniya ki is bheed me

sabse peeche hum khade

Your eyes have cast a spell
on the entire world
In the bustle of this world
I'm standing right at the back

Mehfile aayi aur gayi

Log aaye aur gaye

Tum jo aaj aaye ho

Dil me ho bas gaye

Parties came and went
People came and went
You, who've come today
you've found a place in my heart

Muskura ke baat taalo na

Phir miloge jo kahi

Dekhna yehi kahoge

Itne bure the hum nahi

Don't smile and change the subject
When we meet again somewhere
for sure, you'll say
I wasn't all that bad

Teri aankhon ka jaadu

puri duniya pe hain

Duniya ki is bheed me

sabse peeche hum khade

Your eyes have cast a spell
on the entire world
In the bustle of this world
I'm standing right at the back

Kanne Pillavani - English Translation

Kanne pillavani kannulunnavani yenni enni vagalu pothunnave chinnari
That you're a young woman, that you have (beautiful) eyes, how many airs you're giving yourself

Chinna navvu navvi vanneli anni ruvvi yenni enni kalalu rappinchave ponnari
With a light laugh, showing off your beauty, how many dreams you've brought to mind

Yem antavu?
What do you say?

Sangeetam nuvvu aite, sahityam nenu auta
If you're the music, I'll be the literature/lyrics

Swaramu neevayi swaramuna padamu nenayi
With you as the (musical) note, and me as the word (sung) in that note

Gaanav geetav kaaga
As the singing becomes a song

Kavini nenayi naalo kavita neevayi
With me as the poet, and you as the poem in me

Kavyam ainadi talapo aluko manaso
What has turned into poetry are perhaps my thoughts, feelings or being itself

Ippudu chuddam
Let's see now

Tanana tanana anna
Whether you say 'tanana tanana'

Tana anna talam okate kada
or 'tana', the beat is still the same

Padamu cherchi paata kurcha leda
Did I not furnish the words to compose the song?

Sabhas
Bravo

Danani dasasa anna needa anda swarame raagam kada
Whether you say 'danani dasasa', in your company, the notes make a melody

Neevu nenani anna maname kaada
Whether you say 'you' and 'I', isn't it the same as us?

Riders on the Storm Redux

(highlighted portions mine to make the song seem not quite as disjointed)

Riders on the storm

Riders on the storm

Into this house we're born

Into this world we're thrown

Like a dog without a bone, an actor out on loan

Riders on the storm

There's a killer on the road

You can call him let's say 'greed'

'hatred' or 'envy'

He goes by many names

If you give this man a ride, sweet sanity will fly

Killer on the road

Man, you gotta keep your calm

Man, you gotta keep your calm

Focus like a hawk

Sit-ups like a jock 😜

The world depends on you, your life will never end

Gotta keep your calm

PS: I've come round to the view that the disjointedness/vagueness of the original actually adds to the beauty of the song but I'll let this stay as an interesting creative writing exercise.

As I Tweet

I tweet to you as I am
as I check the trends
You may block me for spam
or retweet to your friends

I may post a facetious comment
I'm just being a wag online
Don't be misled
I may get into an argument
But we're likely still aligned
outside that thread

('As I Am' Twitter edition)

Prompt - connection through music

Music is that wondrous salve
that bobs in a prim jazz hall
shrieks from the rim of a stage
'n' weeps on a dim back porch

The Ultimate Judo Move

 The ultimate judo move is to not let your nihilism lumber you down but lift you up.

"Is that some sort of Eastern thing?", the Dude asks 😛